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training and welfare policy in developing countries.
IGIS co-hosted a book launch for Governance in
Post-Conflict Societies: Rebuilding Fragile States
(Routledge) by GW professor derick Brinkerhoff.
As part of the future of democracy initiative, IGIS
hosted two conferences—one on corruption and
democracy, and another on hybrid regimes that
combine democratic and authoritarian elements.
Both conferences highlighted the expertise of Elliott
School faculty members such as deborah avant,
nathan Brown, henry hale, Gina lambright and
cynthia mcclintock, who shared their expertise with
scholars from Georgetown, Harvard, University of
British Colombia and Yale.
In 2006-2007, IGIS also hosted visiting scholars
from Boston, Copenhagen and Madrid.
research and PolicY ProGrams
robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson professor at Columbia University,
gave the keynote speech at an IGIS conference titled “Deterring
Rogue States: Do the Old Rules Apply?”
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IGIS faculty members discussed their research with
national and global audiences. Jennifer Brinkerhoff
and liesl riddle participated in a UN expert meeting
on the role of diasporas in strengthening business
and entrepreneurship in developing countries. henry
farrell served as an affiliated researcher at the Max
Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
henry nau lectured on “Sharing the Economic
Burden of World Order” at the German Marshall Fund
of the United States. Walter reich was reappointed
as a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
susan sell presented her work on intellectual
property protection and access to medicine at a
University of California Law School colloquium on
globalization and law. stephen smith presented
“The Millennium Development Goals and the Struggle
Against Poverty Traps” at a United Nations Economic
and Social Council meeting on eradicating poverty
and hunger.
IGIS is home to two research and policy programs. culture in Global affairs (ciGa), founded in 2003, promotes scholarly
research and sponsors policy dialogues. In 2006-2007, CIGA faculty served as expert consultants for the World Bank, USAID, and
other organizations; published 10 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters; and delivered many presentations at national and
international conferences. The ciGa seminar series sponsored six public talks: “Must Boys Be Boys? Ending Sexual Exploitation
and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping Missions”; “What Would Gandhi Say? Gandhian Thought and Practice in Development”; “Can
Foreign Aid End World Poverty?”; “Heritage Preservation in Law and Policy: Handling the Double-Edged Sword of Development”;
“Indigenous Approaches to Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution in Africa”; and a panel event on cultural
anthropology knowledge and the U.S. military and the intelligence community. The panel presentations are being developed
into a book co-edited by CIGA Director Barbara miller and robert albro. CIGA also hosted the Margaret Mead Film Festival.
In 2007, the Elliott School launched GW diaspora Program, a research and policy program focusing on diaspora communities
worldwide—in particular, diasporas in conflict and post-conflict societies; diasporas in politics, policy and advocacy; the role
of diasporas in remittances, philanthropy and development; business investment and development; and diasporas and global
security risks. Director Jennifer Brinkerhoff chaired a session as part of Civil Society Day, a Brussels-based event sponsored by
the King Baudouin Foundation. The event was part of the first Global Forum on Migration and Development, which included 155
participating country governments.
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